World Celebrations and Traditions Assignment Requirements

You may choose to do this assignment alone, or with one other student.

DAY ONE
1. You will be studying one country's tradition or celebration from that country. Choose one country you would like to learn more about from the following list: Spain, Germany, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, France,India. ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED YOUR COUNTRY YOU MUST TALK TO MS. WELLBORN TO CLEAR YOUR REQUEST. BE ADVISED: NO MORE THAN 5 GROUPS OF STUDENTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO PICK THE SAME COUNTRY. DO NOT CHOOSE NEW YEAR'S DAY OR NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR YOUR TRADITION.

2. Begin your investigation of your country's traditions and celebrations. Create a google document to share with each other and start researching different traditions and celebrations in that country. By the end of DAY ONE you must have one celebration or tradition decided upon.

After you have decided on your country and the tradition to be studied, write down answers to the following questions:

  • What is the name of the tradition or celebration?
  • What is included in the tradition or celebration? In other words, what happens or what do people do?
  • Why is the tradition or celebration practiced?
  • When does this tradition or celebration take place?

DAY TWO
1. Find and download at least 3 photographs of your country's celebration or tradition. Start placing your pictures in Google Slides.
DAY THREE
Use Google presentation slides and include all pictures and answers to all questions.
Day FOUR--Present your Google presentation to the class.